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Nearly thirty years ago, Ray Kurzweil made the controversial prediction that AI would reach human-level intelligence by 2029. Almost everyone disagreed—until now.
A teenage prodigy whose inventiveness earned him TV appearances and a meeting with President Lyndon B. Johnson, Kurzweil went on to build the first AI to compose music, invented the first reading machine for the blind, and created the first synthesizer to replicate a grand piano. In the early 1980s, his passion for inventing led him to make a radical discovery: Information technology was advancing at an exponential rate.
Charming and inspirational, My Exponential Life tells the story of how Kurzweil became the inventor, author, and futurist he is today: his childhood in Queens where his parents taught him ideas have the power to change the world; his fascination with his grandmother’s manual typewriter; his passion for collecting discarded broken mechanisms, and his conviction that if he put the pieces back together in just the right way, he could solve any problem.
Beyond his own groundbreaking concept of the Singularity, the inevitable merging of human and computer intelligence, he explores the inextricable link between love and work, describing the profound impact his family roots and personal relationships have had on his life and career.
In an era of rapid change and polarizing headlines, Kurzweil’s life is a lesson in optimism, ingenuity, and persistence. This book reveals the man himself—his vulnerabilities, warmth, humor, and the intimate history that fuels his quest to transcend human limits.
Product Details
Writer: Kurzweil, Ray
Release Date: 2027-04-27
FOC Date: 2027-03-23
Page Count: 288
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SKU: 9798902680994
Barcode: 9798902680994
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